Key Terms
dynasty
He established the first major collection of laws in history
Hammurabi
The Egyptians looked forward to the annual flooding of what river?
Nile
A large, stepped platform thought to have been topped by a temple dedicated to a city-state's chief god or goddess
ziggurat
What made the Israelites unique as an ancient civilization?
Waterfall
cataract
Nebuchadnezzar built this wonder
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Pyramid Age is another name for the _____ Kingdom
Old
What two activities formed the basis of Sumer's economy
farming and trade
The father of the Israelites
Abraham
ethics
They created the alphabet
Phoenicians
vizier
cuneiform
The Israelite kingdom split into two after the death of _____
Solomon
A binding agreement
covenant
They were the first to extract iron from ore
Hittites
This helped decode Egyptian hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
The Fertile Crescent was the arc of land that lied between these two bodies of water
Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf
Israelite society was _____, meaning the men held the greatest legal and moral authority
To arrange and set down in writing
codify
He united the Persian empire
Darius I
She declared herself pharaoh, promoted trade
Hatshepsut
He built the first empire
The spreading of Jews beyond their historic homeland
Diaspora